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Say It With Symbols – Investigation 2

1. A rectangle, whose perimeter is 176 feet, has a length that is six feet longer than its width. What is
the area of the rectangle?

2. In three more years, Miguel's grandfather will be six times as old as Miguel was last year. When
Miguel's present age is added to his grandfather's present age, the total is 68. How old is each one
now?

3. The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day,
2200 people enter the fair and $5050 is collected. How many children and how many adults
attended?

4. A wallet contains the same number of pennies, nickels, and dimes. The coins total $1.44. How
many of each type of coin does the wallet contain?

5. The larger of two numbers is 5 more than twice the smaller. If the smaller is subtracted from the
larger, the result is 12. Find the numbers.

6.. Sue has $21.40 in dimes and quarter for a total of 100 coins. How many of each kind of coin does
she have?

7. A second run movie theater charges $4 for an adult and $2 for a child’s ticket. One night, 380
tickets were sold for a total of $1320. How many children attended the movie that night?
8. A collection of nickels and dimes is worth $3.30. There are 42 coins in all. How many of each kind
of coin are there?

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9. Patrick is 4 years younger than his sister Alice. In five years, Patrick will be as old as Alice will
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be. How old is Patrick now?

10. The difference between two numbers is 14. Twice the smaller is 7 more than the larger. What are
the numbers?

11. The perimeter of a lot is 84 ft. The length exceeds the width by 16 feet. Find the length and the
width.

12. The perimeter of a rectangular field is 110 feet. The length is 7 feet more than twice the width. Find
the dimensions.

13. Twenty-five years ago, Hailey was five more than one-third as old as Jason was. Today, Jason is
twenty-six less than two times the age of Hailey. How old is Jason

14. If twenty-seven is added to a two-digit number, the original number will be reversed. The number is
three less than four times the sum of its digits. What is the number?
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Say it with Symbols – Investigation 2 -

Think about these…

1. The circular track at North High School has a radius that is twice as long as the circular track at
South High School. If r represents the radius of the track at South High…

a. Write an expression to represent the total distance around the track at South High.

b. Write an expression to represent the total distance around the track at North High.

2. The total distance around the circular track at East High School is 50 meters longer than the
distance around West High School’s circular track. If r represents the radius of the track at West
High…

a. Write an expression to represent the total distance around the track at West High.

b. Write an expression to represent the total distance around the track at East High.